Introduced
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To require school districts to transfer their procurement, human resources, busing, contracting activities and other non-instructional services to their intermediate school districts. The bill would give the Department of Education the authority to establish standards and cooperative procedures to gradually accomplish this.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that eliminates the requirement to gradually act on a school noninstructional services consolidation plan, and instead only require districts and ISDs to make up a plan.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To also require the consolidation plan to include employee health insurance.
The amendment failed 44 to 65 (details)
Amendment offered
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To also require the consolidation plan to include opportunities for cost savings that may be achieved by seeking competitive bids and privatizing noninstructional school services like busing, food service and custodians.
The amendment failed 46 to 62 (details)
Passed in the House 67 to 42 (details)
To require school districts to create a plan to transfer their procurement, human resources, busing, contracting activities and other non-instructional services to their intermediate school districts. The bill would not require districts and ISDs to act on the plans, or to make plans to seek competitive bids on the services.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that requires ISDs to do the proposed consolidation study, not regular school districts.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To clarify that an ISD that has already done a consolidation study doesn't have to do another one.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require the consolidation study report ISDs prepare to calculate cost savings on a per-district basis, not a per-student basis.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To require Intermediate School Districts to create a plan to consolidate the procurement, human resources, busing, contracting activities and other non-instructional services of their constituent regular school districts. The bill would not require districts and ISDs to act on the plans, or to make plans to seek competitive bids on the services.
Passed in the House 81 to 25 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
